Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

There are many types of magical animals in the magical world.

There are thousands of species that have been discovered and those that have not been discovered.

Newt Scamander, a famous researcher on magical animals, has recorded about 80% of the magical animals in the magical world in his book "Where Are Fantastic Beasts".

This book is not only a must-have textbook for first-year students, but also a must-have tool for every wizarding family.

But even professional science books like this don't cover all magical creatures.

Hermione wanted to catch the person who opened the secret room, but she also knew clearly that if she wanted to find out the truth of the matter, she had to seize a direction that could explore the truth.

She is indeed a very smart girl.

Those students who were attacked, the state after the attack became the point where she grabbed clues.

It is absolutely indisputable that the one who attacked the students was not the descendant of Slytherin himself, but the monster in the secret room.

And the magical creatures that have the ability to turn people into this way, the entire magic world can never count five fingers.

With such an obvious feature, it is certain that the corresponding magical animals can be found in the recorded books.

So these days, she has been looking up all kinds of information related to magical animals.

Especially those who are biased, which have not appeared a few times in history, and are her key research objects.

But it took her nearly two months to go through all the books related to magical animals in the library, and she couldn't find any animals that had the ability to permanently petrify people and couldn't move.

Hermione returned the "Encyclopedia of Fantastic Beasts" she had previously borrowed in the library, and then flipped through a few books in front of the bookshelf, and was ready to walk outside in disappointment.

She put her hand in the pocket of her robe, and suddenly felt a small piece of paper. She took it out and unfolded it before she found it.

This was the temporary note Sherlock made a few months ago when Sherlock arranged for them to search for information on snakes and magical animals.

It can also be clearly seen from the above that Hermione wrote on it before about some characteristics of the black magic creature of xxxxx dangerous level - the basilisk.

'Basilisks, artificial black magic creatures, with eyes that have a direct death effect, great lethality, and extremely high danger, but the hatching method is simple. ’

Hermione looked at the note on the note, her eyes gradually spread out, as if thinking of something, she muttered to herself.

"Parseltongue...basilisk...that strange sound..."

She stood in front of the library door, looked up at the ceiling, and the pupils in her eyes shrank slightly.

"It's a pipe!"

Her tone became extremely excited!

"It's the pipe! It's been moving through the pipe!"

Thinking of the answer, Hermione jumped up and turned in a circle excitedly, and then quickly wanted to find Harry and Ron and tell them what she found.

However, when she ran to a remote corridor, she felt something was wrong!

She stopped and listened carefully to the movement she had just noticed. There was a rustling voice above, as if some slippery creature was wandering on the ceiling!

Hermione's breathing began to quicken, her hands trembling from the tension.

Without acting rashly, she carefully took out a small round mirror from her pocket and looked at the ceiling.

It was a long, emerald green body that was slowly sliding on the ceiling, and it looked exactly like the animal Hermione had guessed!

Just when Hermione's breathing became heavier and he couldn't hold back her nervousness any longer, she was about to scream.

A pair of huge brown eyes suddenly appeared in the mirror, and looked at Hermione's eyes!

next moment,

Hermione was completely frozen in place.

The small mirror in her hand fell to the ground, and there was a crisp sound.

At the same time, Hermione's completely stiff body also fell to the ground, making a muffled sound like a stone sculpture falling to the ground.

On the ceiling, the rustling sound gradually faded away, and finally disappeared completely in this corridor.

But then, the sound of erratic footsteps gradually sounded from a distance, and slowly walked to the petrified Hermione.

He bent down, and the outstretched hand was shaking constantly, even worse than Hermione's trembling before.

But in the end he got what he wanted.

It was the note paper ball with the characteristics of the basilisk written on it.

He put the ball of paper in his pocket, and then took out another note, shoveling it into Hermione's clenched hands.

After doing all this, he straightened up again and staggered away from here.

After more than ten minutes, finally a few girls who had just come out of the library and were about to return to the Ravenclaw lounge walked here talking and laughing.

They saw Hermione lying on the ground, and everyone froze in place.

In the next second, screams of horror spread throughout Hogwarts Castle.

......

News of another attack spread quickly.

Because the Quidditch match originally planned to start today was canceled, and Professor McGonagall called Harry away with a solemn expression.

All other students were ordered to return to their lounges and were not allowed to go out at will.

Ron squeezed out of the crowd and walked with Harry to Professor McGonagall.

Rarely, this time the professor did not object.

She led them through the students, some grumbling about the cancellation of the game, others looking nervous, up the marble stairs, but this time they were not taken to anyone's office.

Professor McGonagall eventually took them to the campus hospital.

Harry and Ron saw the petrified Hermione in the hospital bed.

The two stood there blankly, completely unaware that the person who was attacked this time was actually their best friend!

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Professor McGonagall's voice was surprisingly gentle.

"You will be shocked, but I have to ask, did you know how to explain it when it was found around Miss Granger?"

She held a small circular mirror in her hand, and both Harry and Ron shook their heads, their eyes fixed on Hermione, unable to say a word.

Professor McGonagall finally sighed and took them both back to the Gryffindor lounge.

At this time, in the principal's room, Sherlock also stood opposite Dumbledore with a solemn expression.

"He's doing it again! We can't go on like this anymore, we have to find a way!"

Dumbledore stared at a letter on the desk, thinking silently, and after a while, he spoke.

"The news can't be suppressed now. If the outside world knows what happened at Hogwarts this semester, there is a high probability that the school will be closed. At that time, all his plans will be in vain. So he is waiting for an opportunity, a It is the right opportunity for him to start and accomplish the ultimate goal.”

The principal's room was completely quiet, and even the light snoring that used to sound on the walls disappeared.

Dumbledore's voice came softly.

"And we can try to create that opportunity for him."